Watch: Lightning strike sparks fire, explodes tree, and ruptures gas and water main in New South Wales

A powerful lightning strike hit Katoomba, New South Wales, on Monday, March 23, triggering a chain reaction that ignited a ...
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320 million trees die each year from lightning, and climate change is making it worse

Every year, lightning kills around 320 million trees across the globe, not with raging wildfires but through direct strikes that often go unseen. The trees don’t always fall dramatically; many die ...
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Lightning kills 320 million trees each year

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Watch: Lightning strike in New South Wales causes fire, explodes tree, ruptures gas and water main

Watch as powerful lighting strike in Katoomba, New South Wales, sparks a fire, explodes a tree, ruptures a gas and water main ...